The main characteristics of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy are peaceful and natural, euphemistic and implicit, elegant and graceful. Later generations commented: "Floating like floating clouds, as graceful as a frightening dragon."

Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy is exquisite, beautiful and extremely beautiful. He introduced Chinese character writing from practicality to a realm that pays attention to technique and taste, marking that calligraphers not only discovered the beauty of calligraphy, but also were able to express the beauty of calligraphy. ?

Wang Xizhi’s greatest achievement was to change the simple calligraphy style of the Han and Wei dynasties into a calligraphy style with exquisite brushwork and beautiful style, and pioneered the beautiful and smooth cursive calligraphy. In particular, the running script "Preface to Orchid Pavilion" is like flowing clouds and flowing water, free and elegant, with delicate bones, beautiful pointillism, alternating density and density, and clever white and white cloth. It contains extremely rich artistic beauty within the size. No matter horizontally, vertically, dotted, left, hooked, folded or pressed, it can be said that the skill of using the pen to make the sharpest strokes is the best. There are three hundred and twenty-four characters in "Lanting Preface", and each character has a different posture and turns freely.

Wang Xizhi’s running script was unique at the time, and later generations also commented that “Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy was born out of ancient methods, transforming the simple calligraphy style of the Han and Wei dynasties into a calligraphy style with exquisite brushwork and beauty.”

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Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy is recognized by calligraphers of all dynasties as the unparalleled “No. 1 running script in the world”. Wang Xizhi (AD 303-361), the most outstanding calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, had the courtesy name Yishao. He was a native of Linyi, Langye, and a native of Shanyin in Kuaiji. He was a general of the Youjun Army, so he was called "Wang Youjun".

Wang Xizhi began to learn calligraphy at the age of seven. He studied under Mrs. Wei and his uncle Wang Xian, who came from a calligraphy family. Later, he read the ancient and simple masterpieces of the seal script masters of Qin and Han Dynasties, studied the postures carefully, and imitated them by heart. He picked up the strengths of many people and smelted them in one furnace, creating a running script that is "natural in nature and abundant in gods", and was hailed as the "Sage of Calligraphy" by later generations. Li Zhimin, a professor at Peking University and the founder of the introduction of stele into grass, commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only expresses the simplicity and profoundness based on the philosophy of Lao and Zhuang, but also expresses the harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean." In his later years, his calligraphy became proficient and reached He reached the pinnacle of perfection, and "Lanting Preface" was his proud work in his later years.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia of Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy